Determine relationship of supporting details to main idea
Objective summary
Comparisons, analogies and categories
Analyze word choice
Understand figurative, connotative and technical meanings
Allusions
structure of a paragraph
Development and refining of key concepts
Point of View
Purpose
Conflicting points of view
Evaluate uses of different mediums
Read:
Letters written by Civil War Soldiers
Northern Newspaper reports of the war versus Southern Newspaper reports.
Articles from “The Atlantic Monthly” (One of Dickinson’s favorites)
The Drumbeat
Summative Assessment: Multiple Choice Test with Extended Response (End of Quarter exam given cooperatively with Social Studies teacher)
W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, w.8.7, W.8.9, w.8.10
Writing a Multimodal Composition
Development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience
Planning, editing, revising
Use technology to produce and publish writing
collaboration
1. Task Definition
2. Information seeking strategies
3. Location and Access
4. Use of information
5. Sythesis
6. Evaluation
Summative Assessment: Multidisciplinary Project
Using the technology skills, content knowledge, writing skills and speaking skills learned throughout the year students will work as a team to create a multimodal and multidisciplinary project that will be presented to the student body that displays their mastery of the standards.
SL.8.1, SL.8.5, SL.8.6
Speaking and Listening
Engage in collaborative discussions
Expressing ideas clearly
Use researched material during discussions
Set goals
Meet deadlines
Follow discussion protocol
Pose relevant questions
Respond to others
Qualify and justify views
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations
Adapt speech to audience and purpose
Peer Revision Groups
Impromptu Speeches
Listening Activities: Brain games
Group Presentation (See Rubric)
L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.5, L.8.6
Language
Use of standard English in writing and speaking
Explain the function of verbals ( Gerunds, participles and infinitives
Use verbs in passive and active voice
Use verbs in indicative, imperative, interrogative conditional and subjunctive mood
Use correct Capitalization, punctuation and spelling
Use coma, ellipsis and dash
Use verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood
Determine the meaning of a word by using a range of strategies
Using context clues
Use common Greek and Latin affixes and roots to understand meaning
Know how to use dictionaries, glossaries and thesauruses to clarify meaning, determine pronunciation and part of speech
The Big Idea:
RL.8.7
Letters written by Civil War Soldiers
Northern Newspaper reports of the war versus Southern Newspaper reports.
Articles from “The Atlantic Monthly” (One of Dickinson’s favorites)
The Drumbeat
2. Information seeking strategies
3. Location and Access
4. Use of information
5. Sythesis
6. Evaluation
Using the technology skills, content knowledge, writing skills and speaking skills learned throughout the year students will work as a team to create a multimodal and multidisciplinary project that will be presented to the student body that displays their mastery of the standards.